M ICHIGAN HIST ORICAL COMMISSION .

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D . P r d n t E M F K . B . si e T . . O e R R $ ONSIGNOR RAN A RIEN , LL , , Kalamaz Oo

Ph . . P rb . T $ E D ice r sid nt A r RO F . C D $ A N N $ e e o P LAU E H , , , Ann

M . JEN K S . A . . WILLIA L , M , Port Huron

B . A . . C . LARENCE M URTON , M ,

HON . EDW . OOD . IN O W , Flint

H L . H EMA s ON . W N A TON T , Mason

E$ ECUT I$ E OFFI CERS .

CH M Ph . D . ARLES OORE , , Secretary and Editor ,

INA H M H $ $ M M U P RE ARNU , Assis tant Editor ,

M . P $ u . ARIE B ERRE , C rator of the Museum

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MI CHIGAN HIST ORICAL

COMMISSI ON .

oodbrid N . Ferris The H onorable W ge ,

Governor of .

Sir — The Michigan Historical Commission respectfully submit their

o f third annual report , in accordance with section numbered nine Act 2 1 19 13 N o . 7 , Public Acts of , by virtue of which law the Commission exists . During the past year the Commission has consisted of the following members $ i . N . i o ffic o Hon Woodbridge Ferr s , , ex , ’

i . . . A . Br e n . D . Re v O Rt Mgr Frank , LL ,

. . $ an Prof Claude H Tyne ,

A . Jen k s . William Lee , M ,

. A . Clarence Munro Burton , M ,

. n O . Hon Edwi Wood ,

Hon f Lawt on T . Hemans .

’ 1 15 O Brien In June , 9 , Monsignor was elected president and Professor

- $ an Tyne was elected vice president for the term of one year . The Commission has held regular quarterly meetings in Lansing ; two special meetings on the Island of Mackinac , and a j oint meeting with the

Mackinac Island State Park Commission . 0

A BUILD ING F OR RECORD S .

The Michigan Historical Co mmi ss10n are authorized and empowered f to collect from the State , county , city , village and township o fices such records , files , documents , books and papers as are not less than O thirty years old , and are not in current use , and are , in the pinion of $ the Commission valuable only for historical purposes .

While the law contemplates the collection , preservation and arrange ment for the use of historical students , of State and municipal records , no provision has been made as yet for the reception of such records . The Commission is compelled repeatedly t o decline to receive materials because it had no place to put them ; and the systematic gathering of records and newspaper files cannot be undertaken for the lack of fire proof space in which to house them . The State Library receives , catalogues and otherwise makes available e the books and docum nts received by the Commission , thereby render ing a service to the Comm ission and avoiding the unnecessary duplica tion of lib rarv effort . The cooperation existing between the two in st it u tion s suggests that when— as must soon happen— new quarters ffi shall be provided for the State Library , su cient room for the ac tivities o f the Historical Commission be provided in the same building .

F F E O ICES OF TH COMMISSION . During the session of the Legislature the Historical Commission occupied offices in a portion of the Museum room on the upper floor of i the Capitol . The space available was lim ted and work was interrupted

' by the large numbers of visitors to the Museum . When the Legislature

o urn e ffi o adj d, o ces adj oining the Senate were assigned t the Commission

. and these rooms , will be available until the Legislature again convenes One result of occupying quarters in the Museum was t he restoration o f a capacious an d fine desk and a number of chairs of much dignity and distinction which had come down from Territorial times . This old furniture will continue to be used by the Commission both because of its suitability and also for the purpose of preserving it . The Board o f State Auditors have placed in the Commission offices

fire - metal filing cases , asbe stos lined and proof , to care for the manu scripts , maps and photographs belonging to the Commission . While the filing cases are not adequate to accommodate all the manuscripts e belonging to the Commission , neverthel ss they enable a good start to be made . In time they will be supplemented by larger resources and the Commission will be ab le to provide with reasonable safety for the constantly increasing number of manuscripts which come into its possession .

E TH MAILING LIST .

' i The ma ling list , on permanent addressograph plates , comprises the

$ following divisions First , libraries of universities , colleges , high schools , private schools , parochial schools , and Granges in Michigan and other States and in Canada , England , Sweden and South America ,

. d n which libraries contain the volumes of the Collections Secon , ews

i . papers n Michigan Third , members of the Michigan Pioneer and i Historical Society . This l st of members has been corrected during the past year by sending a postal card to each memb er named in Bulletin

b e N o . 3 . The Secretary requests that he notified of changes of address t and of the death of members of this Society , in order that the lis may b e kept complete . Notices are also sent to State officers , members of

o n . the Legislature , and others whose names are not the permanent list ‘ I—II S T R ICA L M I C H I GAN O C O M M I S S I ON .

ROUTINE W ORK .

During the year the work of supplying the Collections to school and

and w e ll as public libraries , both in Michigan in other States , as in h . e several foreign countries , has gone on at an increasing ratio T records showing the whereabouts of these volumes have been perfected

and are now reasonably complete . The correspondence of the Commission is constantly on the increase and with the aid of new filing cases this correspondence has been ar

e . ranged syst matically The cuts of maps , places and individuals used

— to illustrate the published volumes now fill twenty seven drawers , and

have a decided historical value . It is the practice of the Commission

to loan these cuts for historical purposes .

MARK ING H ISTORIC SPOTS .

The Commission gratefully acknowledges the receipt from various$ sources $notably from the chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution$ of photographs of memorials and monuments erected in

Michigan to mark historical places and events . These photographs ,

together with club papers and other records of like character , have been

an d alphabetically arranged by counties , towns , subj ects , people ,

‘

- o . events , with sufficient cross references t make them easily available

- These papers are now in fire proof filing cases . The Commission particularly requests that all such records be sent to their offices by the

clubs and individuals interested . In this way a large body of material

is being collected for the use of historical Students . Many of the

counties of the State are now represented , and it is hoped that in time there will be accumulated at Lansing material that will call to the c n d apital students who fi it desirable to consult original materials .

M H H $ $ IC IGAN ISTOR PRI E ESSA$ CONTEST . The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Michigan Federa tion of Women ’s Clubs have arranged a prize essay contest open to

' pupils in Michigan schools of the eighth grade in the high school or o f

corresponding grade in any other school . The subj ect of the essays is the settlement and development of the city or town in which the essay

is being written . The Daughters of the American Revolution take charge of the contest In town s where there are chapters of that organiza ’ and tion , the Women s Clubs have charge Of t he contest in town s where

there are clubs but no D . A . R . Chapters . The Superintendent of Public Instruction looks after the contest in town s where there are

neither chapters nor clubs . T I RD A UA L R EP RT H NN O .

Arrangements have been made whereby the Historical Commission will have the privilege of printing such essays as contain information of value to the history of the State . The prizes are large size photo graphs of the statue of In the Capitol at Washington and the

. portrait of Stevens T Mason , first Governor of Michigan , from the oil H painting in Memorial all , Ann Arbor . This prize essay contest was suggested by a History of Menominee _ 19 10o f Hi h ' Scho o l prepared by the Class of the Menominee g , under the supervision of Miss Frances D . Radford , teacher of history , with the assistance of Mrs . A . L . Sawyer . This history consists of a pamphlet

- of thirty two printed pages and is a model of arrangement , research , f comprehensiveness , and e fective presentation .

MICH IGAN BIBLIOGRAPH$ .

During the past year a considerable amount of work has been done

o f on the Michigan Bibliography , which is one the chief proj ects under taken by the Commission . The Michigan titles in the State Library have been furn ished through the courtesy of the State Librarian . The

M ichigan titles in the Library of Congress have been purchased . The l U ibrarians of Michigan niversity , the Agricultural College , and the

Lib rarie s Detroit and Grand Rapids Public h have furnished the cards pertaining to their respective institutions or cities . A considerable number of separate cards have been made and the work of collating the cards has progressed as rapidly as possible under present service conditions . The bibliographical cards are now filed in such manner that they are of constant use in answering correspondence .

MIC HIGAN C H RONOLOG$ .

A chronology of leading events in Michigan history from the earliest times to the present has been created and is now in working order .

This chronology is added to from time to time , and is regarded as one

Of the regular divisions into which the work of the Commission falls .

The necrology of Michigan is reasonably complete for 19 1 5 . This is supplemented by newspaper notices of noted people still living , of

a d 19 15 . historic characters , places n events from May These records are available in the offices of the Commission .

NEW SPAPERS OF MIC H IGAN .

During the past year material has been gathered and in part prepared for a bulletin Showing the location and condition of files of newspapers e throughout the State . Circular lett rs have been sent to all Michigan L M I C H I GAN H I S TOR I CA C O M M I S S I ON . 9 newspapers and libraries and every effort has been made to secure in

at formation . This list , although present incomplete , is valuable to historical students who desire to locate the files of Michigan ne wspapers .

It is intended to publish a bulletin on the subj ect in the near future .

ORIGINAL D OC UMENTS .

1 2 0. U i 8 0 The Censu s of 1 82 The n ted States census for Michigan of ,

- which was discovered b y Mr . C . M . Burton ing oing through the old

e fire - papers at the Capitol , has b en placed in a proof cabinet and is now e available to students . A copy of this census has be n furnished to the Census Bureau in Washington by the Commission

The S choolcra t P a ers . f p , The Schoolcraft Papers copied from the originals in the Library of Congress have been arranged and as soon as t hey can be edited will be published .

The P eter White P ap ers . Among the more notable acquisitions dur ing the past year are the addresses and public papers of the late Peter .

. 130 White , of Marquette The collection includes upwards of items ; and it contains probably the most comprehensive records of the de v e lo pme nt of the iron region of Michigan ever gathered . All of this development Mr . White saw , and of much of it he was a constituent

e came U part . H to be regarded as the representative citizen of the pper Peninsula ; his public spirit and generosity brought him in contact with popular movements of various kinds ; and his good - fellowship and abundant humor caused him to be sought after as a speaker at c‘ ele b rat ion s an d social gatherings throughout the State . He had been a U staunch churchman , a State Senator , a Regent of the niversity and a member Of various commissions . All of these activities are represented in his papers and letters . He was a business man and a banker ; and the characteristic forms of financing adopted in a region Te m o t e from

financial centers but having large pay - rolls can be studied in his records more fully and more satisfactorily than anywhere else . The Peter White Papers comprise addresses and memoranda con ’ 1 0 cerning the Saint Mary s Canal Celebration of 9 5 , including letters

. c of Charles T Harvey , the constru ting engineer of the canal ; the — U Michigan Wisconsin Boundary dispute ; the niversity of Michigan , while Mr . White was a member of the Board of Regents ; the creation of the Marquette diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the fi i appointment of the rst bishop ; the h story of Ishpeming , of Marquette ,

Escanaba , of the Mission Church at Mackinac , of the Lake Superior region ; the discovery of iron and the development of iron mining ; the establishment of mail service in the Upper Peninsula ; the Nort hern Normal School ; churches in Northern Michigan ; the murder of School T I R D A UA L REP RT 0 H NN O .

. a craft at Sault Ste M rie , $two versions$; vessels on the Upper Lake before the building of the Canal ; mining taxation ; the creation of t he Presque Isle breakwater and harbor of refuge ; Presque Isle Park ; the

he M r Lake Superior Iron Company ; the Marquette and Western , t a ue t t e q and Mackinac , the Lake Superior and Ishpeming , the Duluth and Iron Range and the Marquette and Mineral Range Railroads .

a re a . There manuscript dialect poems of the late Willi m H Drummond ,

’ letters of Hiram A . Burt , Alfred Meads , Samuel Moody , S . P . Ely and many other early settlers ; a petition for the creation of the State of

n o w Superior , a proj ect being revived ; and descriptions of the Pictured

Rocks . The collection contains materials for a complete account o f $ $ l n U what was known the pper Peninsula as Iron Money , including

t - I the par played by it in the Hayes Tilden campaign , and n the defeat of Senator Chandler . There is scarcely a topic relating to the history of the iron region that is not touched upon in these valuable papers .

To Mr . Morgan W . Joplin , of Marquette , a grandson of Mr . White , and one of his executors , the Commission Is indebted for this valuable material .

Th ha dl P ra $ e C n er ort its . Twelve portraits of achariah Chandler

C and members of his family , opied from miniatures , daguerreotypes and photographs in possession of his daughter , Mrs of

. b . Ellsworth , Me , have een added to the collections These portraits

he represent t young manhood , the early senatorial period and the maturity of Senator Chandler ; and there are portraits of his father and mother as W ell . Supplementary to the portraits are photographs of ’ l . was Mr Chandler s birthplace , the schoo house where he taught and where James F . Joy was once a teacher , and a genealogy of the Chandler family .

r Au tobiograp hy of A ustin Blair . Among the papers left by Governo n Blair was a Sketch of his life . While it is not as exte sive as could be desired , it is much more full than anything now in print ; and , more u f over , it contains m ch information in regard to political a fairs in

Michigan . Governor Blair was a man of strong convictions and the fact that he followed those convictions resolutely led to many political changes In his career and to much misunders tanding as to his motives . The autobiography throws light on these matters It i s hoped that the remaining papers of Governor Blair will be deposited with the Com mission by Mrs . Charles Blair , who has made the gift of the Auto biography .

. . G . Journal of Bela Hubbard . Through the good Offices of Hon R

t . Allen , Sta e Geologist , the Commission has secured from Mr Bela r Hubbard the o iginal j ournal and notebook of his grandfather , Bela ’ n s Hubbard , describing the latter s geologic field j our ey and investiga M I C H I GAN H I S TORI CAL C O M M I S SI ON . 1 1 tions while employed on the first Geological Survey of Michigan under ’

l . . l Dr . Doug ass Houghton Mr Hubbard s ively curiosity , his industry , the charm of his style , and his broad cultivation have given to his

’ writings relating to the early days of t his St at e a value surpassed by those of no other man . Any new material from his pen is in the nature

Of a rare find . St$ Josep h Coun ty Statistical Records an d P ioneer History; compiled Re vo lu i t o fi . by Abiel Fellows Chapter , Daughters of the American , Dr

e . . B . M . Haines , Reg nt ; Miss Sue I Silliman , Editor This volume con ’ 22 sists of county clerks records of 1 6 marriag es in St . Joseph County 1832 1852 e N e between and ; newspap r notices from the ews R porter , 1 9 185 1 1860to 86 , and from the Western Chronicle from 8 to 859 ; marriages in records of the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches of ’ Three Rivers and St . Edward s Church , Mendon ; baptismal records from the same churches ; church membership records , death records

taken from , cemeteries , historical sketches of churches , societies and institutions , and the text of the Three Rivers first historical pagean t .

re These records are in excellent form , and a a rare example of patient and intelligent research .

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION .

The following manuscripts are in hand for publication at an early date $

John Nicolet . Exercises at the unveiling of the tab e t comm e mo N rating the discovery and exploration of the orthwest , on Mackinac 1 2 1 9 15 Island , July , , under the auspices of the Michigan Historical l Commission and the Mackinac Is and State Park Commission . $In press$

L ewis Cass . Exercises at the unveiling of the tablet commemorating the services of Lewis Cass as Governor of Michigan Territory and l N 1 1 19 15 u Exp orer of the orthwest , August , , nder the auspices of the Michigan Historical Commission and the Mackinac Island State Park

Commission .

N ames o P aces o I nterest on M ackin ac I sland Michi an e s f f , g , as t ab lishe d he i , designated and adopted by t M ack nac Island State Park Commission and the Michigan Historical Commission ; and descriptive ’ x . Re v . k . O Brien and e planatory notes by the Rt Monsignor Fran A ,

. D . 19 15 . LL , President of the Michigan Historical Commission , $In press$

The Li e o Stevens Thom son M ason f f f p ; by Lawton T . Heman s . A study of political conditions in Michigan during later Territorial and early Statehood days . D U EP 1 2 TH I R A NN AL R OR T .

Un iversit r y Se ies .

Economic and S ocial Beginnings of M ichigan ; a study of the settle ment of t he Lower Peninsula during the Territorial Period 1805 - 1837 ;

N Ph . . 800 24 by George ewman Fuller , D About pages of text ; plates

25 . U and illustrations A thesis submitted at the niversity of Michigan . $In press$

' The P u blic Li e o $ achariah Chan dler 1 851 - 1 8 5 b f f , 7 ; y Wilmer C .

$

Ph . . Harris , D A thesis submitted to the Department of History of

U . the niversity of Chicago This monograph presents Mr . Chandler as the representative in the of the radical spirit dominant among his constituents during the epoch of the War of Se cession and the Reconstruction period .

h Michi an Fu r Trade T e Ph . . g ; by Ida Amanda Johnson , D A thesis submitted at the . This study gives an account ’ of the fur trader s regime in Michigan ; shows the trading policy of the various nations which ' su cce ssive ly held sway over her territory and its results ; relates the story of the rise and growth of the various posts and out - posts within Michigan borders ; the in$ uences to which they were subj ected and their fortunes in peace and war ; depict s the

h . life of the traders , t eir relation to the Indians and to each other

Th Historical Geo ra h o D etroit Ph . e g p y f ; by Almon Ernest Parkins , a D . A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Ogden Gr duate

U o f School of Science , niversity Chicago , in candidacy for the degree h . f o f doctor of philosophy . Mr Parkins has made a study o t e geo graphic influences that led to the establishment of Detroit and its development from a trading- post to the manufacturing and commercial metropolis of today . The Evolu tion of the Coun ties of M ichigan ; by William Henry Hatha r A . way , M . , head of the History Depa tment , Eastern Division High

School , Milwaukee .

MI CH IGAN H ISTORICAL COLLECTIONS .

During the past year $ olume 39 of the Michigan Hist orical Col lections has been published , besides the records of the origin of the Michigan Historical Commission and of the meetings of that Com mission and of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society . The volume contains papers on historical topics relating to Michigan and

i - a l st of articles , authors , and illustrations in the thirty nine volumes 1 24 of the series thus far published . This latter work covering printed pages forms a much needed guide to the Collections and will serve as a '

- fin ding list until a consolidated index can be prepared . Materials for M M I C H I GAN H I S TOR I CA L C O M I S S I ON . 1 3

$ olume 40have accum ulated ; among the more important articles are ’ r Mr . Edward G . Holden s personal reminiscences of Carl Schurz du ing the year he spent as editor of the Detroit Post . Mr . Schurz himself does not cover this period in his autobiography . Mr . Holden was f associated with Mr . Schurz on the editorial sta f of the Post and then began a friendship that was continued until the death of the former .

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- Mr . H . Bedford Jones has been led to check up Alexander Henry s

Michilimackin a c 1 63 re account of the massacre at Fort in 7 , with the sult of finding such discrepancies between the account and the facts ’ as to throw a new light on Henry s veracity as an historical writer .

' k r . Dra e Av e There are papers by Mrs Lillian y of Pontiac , and Miss

. N Mary A Goddard , assistant professor of atural Sciences in the State N e O ormal College , which discuss the und rground railroad in akland

asht en aw in and W counties , respectively , both contributing valuable i formation n a field almost uncultivated . The entire period of the War of Secession has received in the Collections scant and inadequate n attentio on the historical side , and the attention of writers on Michigan history is called to this very fruitful field of research and exploration .

. n O Prof Joh Cutler Shedd , of livet College , contributes a paper on ’ M an assah Cutler s relations to higher education in the Northwest ;

d . Es An rew B Dougherty , q , Deputy Attorney General , discusses

r . early State cases in the Supreme Court ; M John Fitzgibbon , of the N ews f Detroit sta f, tells the story of the Government operations in surveying and charting the Great Lakes from the beginning of the work 184 1 in to the present time ; Hon . G . J . Diekema of Holland has a paper on the Holland emigration to Michigan ; Mr . Raymond Wyer, Director of the Hackley Art Gallery , Muskegon , contributes a paper on Mr . ’ Hackley s benefaction .

C O - I TH H H MM OPERATION W OT ER ISTORICAL CO ISSIONS .

U nder the direction of Dr . J . Franklin Jameson , director of the de

art m e nt i p of historical research of the Carneg e Ins titution , a calendar of the documents relatin g to the region of the Great Lakes and the $ Mississippi alley is being prepared by Mr . Waldo Leland , Secretary of the American Historical Association . Mr . Leland has pursued his researches among the archives of France ; and his work was nearly

$ completed when it was interrupted by the war in Europe . The calendar, however , is in such shape that it can be consu lted by historical students . The Michigan Historical Commission possesses in the M argry papers a a consider ble portion of these original documents . The Illinois Historical Society has been at work in the same field and has another t ’ m i i impor ant fraction of the original material . By co b n ng the papers T I R D A UAL REP R T 14 H NN O .

c an in the Mi higan and Illinois Collections , d by using the Carnegie n d a Calendar to indicate the extent a n ture of the omissions , publica tion of the papers in the possession of the two societies can be made to contribute largely to genuine historical work in conn ection with the N old orthwest . It is proper to say that the Historical Societies of the Middle West contributed to the preparation of the Carnegie Calendar ; co —O f so that it represents the perative work o these societies . ef The combined forts of the Historical Societies of Illinois , Minnesota ,

Wisconsin , Iowa , and Michigan are now being directed to the prepara i tion of a calendar of papers relat ng to the Middle West In Washington . When this calendar has been prepared each State will be able to locate and have reproduced for the use of its historical scholars the papers in which it is particularly interested . Meanwhile Mr . C . M . Burton , at

o wn I his expense , has had photographed and has placed n the Burton Library of the Detroit Public Library some eight thousand Copies of papers in the War Department relating more or less directly to the history of Michigan . These papers are available to students of history .

- CO OPERATION W ITH TH E PIONEER A ND H ISTORICAL SOCIET$ .

The Mid - winter meeting of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical

b . Society was held in the Hackley Art Gallery , Muskegon , in Fe ruary

The meeting was presided over by Mr . Clarence E . Bement , President of the Society , and several representatives of the Commission were present and took part in the proceedings . The historical activities of the Daughters of the American Revolution were presented by Mrs .

r William H . Wait , Sta te Regent , and those of the Daughte s of the

. b 1 12 . War of 8 by the President , Mrs James H Camp ell of Grand

Rapids . The hospitality of the people of Muskegon was shown in a reception given to the members of the Pioneer and Historical Society H a at the ackley Gallery , and in the p rticularly interesting music , both choral and orchestral . ‘ The forty - first annual meeting of the Society was he d in the Senate 2 3 Chamber , Lansing , June and , and besides the papers presented , o n e session was occupied with a conference on the methods of c o O peration on the part of public libraries , patriotic societies and county historical societies , with the Michigan Historical Commission , in gathering and publishing materials relating to the history of the State .

c More than twenty persons , representing county and lo al historical societies , patriotic societies and public libraries , participated in the ’ re re Conference . The Michigan Federation of Women s Clubs was p

h . . . sented by t e president , Mrs R H Ashbaugh , and the Daughters of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 to ok part . The papers M I C H I GAN H I S TORI CA L C O MM I SSI ON . 1 5

e f presented at these t wo m etings , together with the report o the pro ce e din g s will appear in $ olume 40of the Collections .

° - T TH E K D T T E C O OPERATION W I H MAC INAC ISLAN S A PARK COMMISSION .

The Michigan Historical Commission accepted the invitation of t he Mackinac Island State Park Commission to participate in the unveiling N of a tablet to Jean icolet , which tab let was erected on Mackinac

. 13 Island near Arch Rock At the exercises which took place on July ,

. . $ . e v . . J Ne the orator was the R T J Campbell , S of w ork City The ’ address on the unveiling was made by Mgr . O Brie n on behalf of the

Michigan Historical Commission . The acceptance on the part of the

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. . . 0. State was made by Hon Lawton T Hemans , and Hon Edwin Wood responded to the address of welcome made by the Mayor of ‘ Mackinac Is an d . O 1 2 n July , a j oint meeting of the Mackinac Island State Park Com mission and the Michigan Historical Commission was held at Mackinac and the two Commissions visited the site of the Fort of 1 763 a n d made

$ suggestions looking toward the restoration of the old lines of the fort . They also visited the b uilding set ap art for a historic museum on Mack inac Island and arranged for co - Operation in furnishing materials for the museum . The list of names and places agreed upon by the two ’ O Brien was Commissions was presented at the meeting by Monsignor , approved and ordered printed as a bulletin of the Historical $ Com mission .

O 2 co - O w n August 8, the Historical Commission again perated ith the

Park Commission in the unveiling of a tablet to Lewis Cass . At this

nO . meeting Hon , Edwi Wood presided ; the principal address was made

. t by Hon Edwin Henderson of the Detroi bar , and addresses were made ’ O O Brien . by Governor Ferris , Senator Atlee Power of hio and Monsignor

TH E H ISTORICAL MUSEUMS .

The The Museum continues to grow in its usual desultory way .

- first need of the Museum is an expert made catalogue , and until this Shall have been achieved the Museum will minister rather to the curiosity

$ than to the information of visitors . The Museum is supposed to represent pioneer conditions in Michigan , but it is impossible to devise any means adequately to represent those conditions In t he corridors o f the Capitol . The Commission has recommended to the patriotic

- societies of Michigan that they undertake to build in Lansing a log cabin , wherein may be arranged the furniture and utensils used by the pioneers of Michigan . In no other way can the materials now collected be made to yield a value commensurate with their cost and care . D U EP 16 TH I R A NN AL R ORT .

The Mackinac Island State Park Commission has set apart for a museum a historic and commodious building situated where it over

‘ looks the Straits of Mackinac , and the Historical Commission has agreed to co - operate with the Park Commi ssi on In the gathering an d arrangement of collections for the museum . This new museum has an t opportuni y to illustrate in chronological order the history of Michigan , beginning with prehistoric times as represented in the works of t he ' Ancient Miners of Lake Superior and the makers of the Garden Beds of Kalamazoo County ; the life of the Indians at the time of the discovery of this region by the W hites ; the French and the English periods at Michilimackin a c the methods of the fur trade ; and the life at a frontier

Army post .

‘ FINANCIAL .

$ The Legislature of 19 15 increased the appropriation of the Com mission from to the latter amount becoming ayailab le

1 19 15 . O 400 . . July , f this increase $ has been used to pay to B F n n of Stevens Brow of London , E gland , the remainder the amount due them for transcribing and translating the M arg ry papers . The receipts and expenditures paid from the appropriation for the 30 19 1 5 fiscal year ending June , , are as follows

f f . Salaries of sta f o ficers , clerks and extra service l Travel ing expenses .

Office supplies .

f . Express , reight and cartage

Telephone and telegraph . Miscellaneous

Total disbursements.

Deficit from preceding year .

Total 08 Balance from appropriation of $ 5 to be carried over t o $ 18 92 coming year .